The hippo mouth

Did you know that the hippo can open its huge mouth wider

 than any other animal, except the whales.

Fin whale fact

Did you know that the fin whale 

is the second largest animal in the world?

The fin whale can be 80 feet long - large than a 

railroad passenger car. It is one of the fastest swimmers

 of all baleen whales, cutting through the water

 at speeds up to 30 miles an hour. 

Penguin fact

Did you know that some species of penguins 

can go up to 15 miles per hour?

Penguins can go even faster  by leaping out of the water

 like a porpoise. There's less resistance going through

 the air than the water. So this increases their speed.

Whale shark facts

fact 1

Did you know that whale sharks

 have three thousand tiny teeth?

fact 2

A whale shark can grow up to fifty feet long 

and can weigh as much as fifteen tons!

King Cobra facts

fact 1

The king Cobra can grow to the length of 18 ft.,

and is regarded as the largest poisonous snake in the world.

fact 2

A tiny amount of king Cobra's poison can kill up to 30 people!

Hippopotamus fact

Did you know that the hippopotamus’s eyes, ears 

and nostrils are on the top of its head?

This enables it to stand or sit, almost completely

 covered by water with as little 

as possible showing above the surface.

Camel facts

fact 

A  camel's  stomach  is  lined with spongelike cells

 which hold as much as two gallons of extra water.

more facts

The two-humped camel (Bactrian) lives in northern Asia. 

The camel with one hump lives in
southern Asia and North Africa.

 A one-humped racing camel is called a dromedary.

Shark fact

There are 368 known species of sharks.

Sharks come in many sizes. 

A shark can be as small as your 

hand (the seven-inch spined pygmy shark),
or it can be bigger than a bus (the 
fifty-foot-long whale shark).

Giraffe fact

Did you know that there are no vocal chords in a giraffe?

1 Bird fact

Birds are warm-blooded and most birds fly - but not all.

Anteater fact

Did you know that anteaters guard their 

long claws by walking on their knuckles?

This makes them look as if they are limping.

Big cats

Lions and tigers are called big cats.

 A big cat has an extra set

 of bones and bands in its throat,
just at the back of the tongue.

 When these vibrate they make a fierce roar.

Bat facts

fact 1

Bats like to hang out in dark, quiet places.

Some choose caves. Others find good

roosting places in trees, barns, or attics of houses.

fact 2

Bat guano can be used to make fertilizer for plants.

Bat guano is rich in nitrogen,

a chemical that helps plants grow.

Mammal fact

Mammals are animals that have fur. 

They give birth to live young 

and nurse their offspring with milk.

Whale facts

fact 1

The blue whale is the largest animal that has ever

lived on Earth -- it's longer than six elephants

and weighs more than a Seismosaurus,

one of the most gigantic dinosaurs ever know.

fact 2

Most fish lay eggs. Whales like all mammals,

give birth to live young

and feed their babies milk.

fact 3

Fish have organs called gills that help them

get oxygen out of the water. Whales have lungs

and need to breathe oxygen from the air.

Armadillo facts

Armadillos (Dasypodidae) are prone to leprosy.

Fact 2

Mother armadillos have quadrupets of the same sex, at a time.

Fact 3

Armadillos can walk underwater.

Pig - fact

Pigs (Genus: Sus) are prone to get sunburned.

Tiny giraffe fact

A giraffe can go without water

longer than a camel can!

Giraffe fact

A giraffe can clean its ears
with its 21-inch tongue.

Drangonfly fact

A dragonfly has a lifespan of 24 hours.

dragonfly